Determined Admissions Information for 2026/27 and 2027/28 for High Ercall Primary School
Please see determined admissions arrangements document below.
The school has an agreed admission number of 20 pupils for the Reception Year. The school will accordingly admit up to 20 pupils in the relevant age group each year up to Year 2, if sufficient applications are received.
The school has an agreed admission number of 24 pupils for Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6. The school will accordingly admit up to 24 pupils in the relevant age group each year up to Year 6, if sufficient applications are received.
Applications will then be considered and in the case of oversubscribed schools the following criteria will be applied for High Ercall Primary School:
Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school will be allocated places.
If your child has an EHCP, please contact school to discuss their needs and whether the school can meet these.
After which, applications will be considered and in the case of oversubscribed schools the following criteria will be applied:
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1 Those children who are or were previously looked after by Telford & Wrekin or any other local authority, children previously in state care outside of England and have ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
and then:
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2 Children who live in the school’s defined attendance area.
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If places are unavailable for all of these local children, then places will be given first to:
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a) those children who have exceptional health reasons where there is written medical evidence that admission to the school is essential for their medical
well being; and then
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b) those children who will have on the day of admission a brother(s), sister(s), step brother(s), step sister(s),half brother(s) or half sister(s) living as a family at the
same address and who attend the school;
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c) other children living in the school’s attendance area.
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3. Children of staff
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4. Any places which remain available will then be allocated to applicants from outside the school’s defined attendance area in the priority order a) to b)
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For further details please read our Admissions Policy - below.
Admissions forms are now completed on-line on the admissions website for Telford and Wrekin Council:
http://www.telford.gov.uk/info/20026/school_admissions/3247/applying_for_a_school_place
The closing date for applications will be in January 2025 (exact date to be released by Telford and Wrekin Council). Parents are asked to choose up to 4 schools in order of preference.
All information can be found on the Telford and Wrekin Council website: http://www.telford.gov.uk/info/20026/school_admissions
View our admissions policy under Related Docs to the right of this page. This includes further details about our over subscription criteria.
Admissions into other year groups
If you would like your child to transfer to our school in another year group, please contact us for a visit to discuss your move first. We would love to show you around, if possible, and you can discuss the transfer with Mrs. Roberts.
Telford and Wrekin admissions team operate our admissions, so if you are transferring from another Telford school, there is an in-year transfer form to be completed on line:
http://www.telford.gov.uk/info/20026/school_admissions/281/changing_schools
If you are transferring from out of area, please contact admissions above.
Appeals for admissions into our school.
Telford and Wrekin Local Authority operate all our admissions and our appeals. Please see their admissions pages for details about how to lodge an appeal for a place, and the timelines associated with this.
